Deb Joh

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President-elect Donald Trump is in the process of nominating people to numerous government positions, and having his nominees vetted by Congress (and the public at large).<p>“We have a lot of smart people,” Trump said of his team at an event in Washington D.C. “We have by far the highest IQ of any …

Do you make New Year resolutions? I don't bother because they usually fall off my radar by mid January. Starting the year with failure is not my goal.<p>Here are 25 simple things I will incorporate into my days in 2016. I don't need to do each one, everyday, to be moving toward my goal.<p>Here's how I …

When you're working hard and doing all you can to achieve your goals, anything that can give you an edge is powerful and will streamline your path to success.<p>Mind tricks won't make you a Jedi, but using the brain's natural quirks to your advantage can have a positive impact on everyone you …

30 of them, to be exact.<p>Before we even eat our Thanksgiving feast, the bakers in us start thinking about Christmas cookies. It's not that we can't and don't bake cookies other times of the year -- we never stop making cookies. It's that there's nothing quite as special as the cookies made for the …

So you can have your cake and spike it too.<p>With that in mind, BuzzFeed Life teamed up with Faith Alice Sleeper, the owner and baker behind Crunkcakes — a booze-infused cupcake line — in Washington, DC. We asked her for her tips on nailing the baking + booze combo, plus four original dessert recipes …

<i>Posie Harwood, who finds the best back-of-the-box recipes in the grocery store, is taking one-bowl brownies to new (excessively frosted) heights.</i><p>I've sampled a lot of brownies in my life. Personally, if I were to get philosophical about it, <b>I like a brownie that teeters on the edge of fudge-like.</b> It …

The editors of <i>Smithsonian magazine</i> have just announced the 60 finalists in their 11th annual photo contest. They've kindly allowed me to share several of these images here, including some great shots from each of the competition's six categories: The Natural World, Travel, People, Americana, …

What do children know that adults seem to have forgotten? Children are more confident, more courageous and enjoy life far more intensely than adults. Sometimes it feels that we spend our entire lives trying to return to who we were as children. Here's what we can learn from our younger selves to …

Swami Vivekananda said, "If you can give them positive ideas, men/women will grow up and learn to stand on their own legs."<p>Very recently I took the Instructional Skills Workshop as an educator, and learned a great deal about myself as a teacher. The four-day process was quite reflective, and made …

An 8-year-old boy who died after saving six relatives from a house fire in Penfield, N.Y., was honored on Wednesday with the hero’s funeral he rightfully deserved.<p>Hundreds of supporters, including members of local fire departments, gathered at St. John of Rochester Catholic Church in Fairport, …

<b>Reese’s Peanut Butter Bars (No Bake!)</b> | <i>Our Best Bites</i><p>No bake - music to my ears! If you love peanut butter and easy to make slices, then this is the recipe for you. And not only is it no bake, but it’s also really easy to make and doesn’t require a ton of ingredients. Just make sure you cut it up so you don’t end up eating the whole thing…